Sexual Identity-Behavior Discordance in Canada.
Journal
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie
ISSN: 1755-618X
Titre abrégé: Can Rev Sociol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101320224
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Date de publication:
May 2022
May 2022
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2022
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2022
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2022
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Résumé
This paper uses two surveys to examine sexual identity-behavior discordance in Canada. The first is the Sex in Canada survey (SCS), which is a private survey of 2,303 Canadians. The second is the 2015-2016 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), which is a large nationally representative government-administered survey with 109,659 respondents. Results from the CCHS show that identity-behavior discordance and overall rates of same-sex contact are lower in Canada than in the US, UK, or Australia. An estimated .7 percent of males and 2.7 percent of females aged 15-64 who had had lifetime sex identified as heterosexual yet have had same-sex contact, figures which equate to an estimated 65,700 males and 255,100 females. Few demographic factors were associated with discordance. Results from the SCS show that about two-thirds of heterosexuals with identity-behavior discordance were moderately supportive of LGBQ rights and one-third were moderately homophobic. Future research will need to uncover why a lower proportion of Canadians report same-sex partners and identity-behavior discordance than their counterparts in the US, UK, or Australia. Cet article utilise deux enquêtes pour examiner la discordance entre l'identité sexuelle et le comportement au Canada. La première est l'enquête Sex in Canada (SCS), qui est une enquête privée menée auprès de 2 303 Canadiens. La seconde est l'Enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes (ESCC) de 2015-2016, qui est une grande enquête représentative à l'échelle nationale administrée par le gouvernement auprès de 109 659 répondants. Les résultats de l'ESCC montrent que la discordance identité-comportement et les taux globaux de contacts entre personnes de même sexe sont plus faibles au Canada qu'aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni ou en Australie. On estime que 0,7 % des hommes et 2,7 % des femmes âgés de 15 à 64 ans ayant eu des rapports sexuels au cours de leur vie se sont identifiés comme hétérosexuels, mais ont eu des contacts avec des personnes du même sexe, ce qui correspond à environ 65 700 hommes et 255 100 femmes. Peu de facteurs démographiques étaient associés à la discordance. Les résultats de l'enquête SCS montrent qu'environ deux tiers des hétérosexuels présentant une discordance entre identité et comportement étaient modérément favorables aux droits des LGBQ et qu'un tiers était modérément homophobe. Les recherches futures devront découvrir pourquoi une plus faible proportion de Canadiens déclarent avoir des partenaires de même sexe et être en désaccord avec leur identité et leur comportement que leurs homologues aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni ou en Australie.
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Langues
eng
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